[CAUT] Steinway questions

[rwest1 at unl.edu]

I've been soliciting questions like the one in Ian Gillis' email (see  
below) for a class that Kent Webb is teaching here in Lincoln as part  
of our Central West Regional.   There will be a "Mythbuster" segment  
in the class.  If any of you have myths, questions  about history,  
uncertainties about manufacturing practices, etc., I'd love to get  
them.   When technicians talk about Steinway, there always seem to be  
questions about how and why the factory operates currently and has  
operated through its many years of production.  You can send your  
questions to me privately if you wish.  After the seminar I'll post  
the answers.  Or you could attend the seminar  (March 18-21) and find  
out the answers yourselves.  We have scheduled a CAUT forum, too.   
We'd love to have every CAUT attend (web site:  http://www.ptg.org/ 
cwrs2010).  I hope you don't mind the blatant plug for the seminar.

Richard West


On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Ian Gillis wrote:

> Hello List,
> As a point of trivia I am wondering if anyone knows what typeface  
> Steinway uses on their plates...I have examined several serif  
> suspects such as Times New Roman, Century, Georgia, etc; none seem  
> to quite match up...any illumination?
> Thanks, Ian Gillis